"You get what your get and you don't get upset," she offered with the confidence of a kindergartener who knows the line well even if she does not always like it. "Not if I am bigger," he responded in the way bigger siblings often do.
"Have you ever heard of the Golden Rule?" I asked them both expecting them to give me the look saved for grandparents.
"Sure, golden coins are worth more than silver ones," the older, wiser one volunteered.
"The Golden Rule says you should treat others in a way that you would want them to treat you," I said.
But, my mind wandered to those much older and presumedly much wiser who certainly should have heard about the Golden Rule.
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